The Berlin airlift begins.
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MILITARY AVIATION
Green light for Germany to buy sixty CH-47 heavy-lift helicopters
On 5th July, the office of German Ministry of Defence announced that budget committee of Bundestag, the German parliament, finally approved the purchase of sixty heavy light CH-47F Chinook rotorcraft. It is supposed that the […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
6 November 1936 – Hugo Sperrle was entrusted the command of Legion Condor
Generalmajor Hugo Sperrle was entrusted the command of Legion Condor, with the field command given to Oberstleutnant Wolfram von Richthofen. When a military coup of Spain took place on 17th July 1936, the country, divided […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Boeing 737-8Z6 BBJ
Boeing 737-8Z6 (Boeing Business Jet 737-800, c/n 35478, HS-MVS of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn), taxiing on apron of Franz Josef Strauss Airport, Munich, October 2018 On 9th April 1967, prototype of Boeing 737 narrow-body […]